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hi honey!! can i please request a pk coryo thing? i saw you say you want to write for him and it made me happy! could you do something along the lines of you get in trouble with another mean peace keeper and coriolanus sees but isn’t able to do anything about it in public and it’s lowk angst/comfort

lol idk if that even makes any sense

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His eyes were trained ahead, expression cold as he stared at the edge of the fence and the forest out ahead. Coriolanus had been patrolling for hours now, and he was more than ready to be done with it. Though months in this district in uniform had desensitized him to a point, today had been long. His knees and back ached, and he was tired.

For about an hour, this slow and torturous march of time, he'd been thinking about the hot shower that awaited him, daydreamed about sinking into the mattress and letting his eyes close for a long time. Tomorrow was his day off, which only made today feel longer.

To his right, a pair of fellow Peacekeepers were whispering to themselves, looking at something a little further off. Coriolanus quirked his eyebrows in annoyance, trying to disregard them. Though he got on fine with his peers, that didn't mean their antics didn't bother him more often than not.

Refocusing, he decided to bide his time by thinking about what he wanted to do tomorrow. Maybe he'd be able to pop into town or draft a letter to Tigris. Sejanus' Ma's weekly batch of homespun baked goods would likely arrive tonight, and he imagined them now, taking a bite of a flaky apple tart, somehow still warm after being mailed across the country.

The rustle of a chain link fence startled him, and his head snapped in that direction. Furrowing his brow, Coriolanus squinted, taking a step forward. The other two Peacekeepers were already heading over to investigate, their movements quick and heavy.

There was a figure crouching down, and even though it was practically dark he could see that it was a woman. She was holding something wriggling in her arms...an animal maybe? He decided to move forward too, see what all the fuss was about.

As he got closer his heart sank as he recognized the figure. You were frozen, holding your beloved cat in your arms as one of the other Peacekeepers spoke to you, his voice biting. "-shouldn't be out here right now. It's past curfew."

"I'm sorry, my cat got out." When you said it, Coriolanus' heart clenched. You were soft-spoken, as delicate as one of the blossoms growing by the river. And his brothers in arms fed on such things like timber to fire.

"The punishment for being out after curfew is detainment. For at least two days," the other one said, looming over you like a tower. Your eyes were blown wide, and you shrank into yourself, clutching the black cat in your arms to your chest. He smirked a little, and Coriolanus' jaw clenched. When the man decided to poke the end of his gun into your cat's side, you made a noise of fear.

"Don't!" The other two men laughed, and Coriolanus could see that you were on the verge of tears. He quickened his footsteps, shoving in between them and ignoring the relief on your face.

"What's this?" he asked, maintaining a firmness in his voice. The taller of the two men gave him a look.

"Pretty girl thinks she can walk around however she'd like after dark," he mocked, turning his eyes back to you in a way Coriolanus did not appreciate. You were staring at him, pleading. His arms ached for you, to secure you between them. And maybe you'd reach up like always, cling to the tags of metal secured around his neck. He liked when you did that.

Instead, he straightened. Tore his eyes away from you to look at Taller. "Just let her go home."

"Nah, we were havin' fun, weren't we princess?" Shorter asked, letting his eyes rove over you. You tried to take a step back, but your back hit the fence, sparking a laugh from the other two men again. Coriolanus suppressed a huff. He wished Sejanus was here- he'd back him up. But he was back at the base, peacefully enjoying a night off patrol.

So Coriolanus straightened, shaking his head. "No. Let her go. She won't come around here again. Right?" He looked at you, mouth set straight but eyes trying to convey something else. You nodded, the tail of your cat wrapping around your arm.

He stepped aside, creating a berth. "Go." You fled immediately, only looking back once. Coriolanus watched you run until you were no more than a dot in the distance.

The other two men grumbled at him but he paid them no mind. Time passed quickly after that, his thoughts remaining with you. He pictured how scared you'd been, the way your hands had trembled. It took every modicum of restraint to keep him from seizing each of the other men by the collar and teaching them a lesson that would end with bloody noses.

That was his girl. And nobody spoke to his girl like that.

Later in the barracks, having showered and dressed down, Coriolanus stared at the dark of the ceiling, listening to his bunkmates snore softly. Even the batch of sugar cookies sent by Ma hadn't lifted his mood. In all the time he'd spent at your side, he'd never seen you so terrified. He tried taking in a breath, attempting to convince himself to sleep. But the wretched sensation never came.

Finally he sat up in the darkness, reaching for the notebook he kept beside his bed. Messily, he scrawled two words on a blank page and tore it out, leaving it on the nightstand where Sejanus would see it in the morning.

Cover me.

Sneaking out was fairly easy, though his heart pounded a crater into his chest. If he was caught it wouldn't mean more than a night scrubbing dishes, but still. He wasn't one to get in trouble. Once he was outside the walls and ducking into the trees he breathed easier. Anyone who wondered would assume he got up early to go on a run or something of the like, and Sejanus would confirm the story if needed.

It had been close to eleven when he'd left the base, tramping through the tall grass on a very familiar path. Coriolanus moved faster once he recognized the contours of your little home, even in darkness. There was a light glowing in the window still, and he knew you must be up. It was rare you left a candle burning for so long.

He knocked even though he knew the door was unlocked. It wouldn't do any good to scare you worse than you'd already been today. When you answered, his heart stuttered. Though you looked exhausted you were beautiful, just like always. Staring at him for a moment, you searched his face. It hurt him like a twinge to the side that you didn't immediately run into his arms.

Coriolanus extended his hands, beckoning to you. There was hardly a moment of hesitation before you were barreling into him, face pressed against his chest. He secured you to him, wrapping his arms around your body and lifting you up. Digging his nose into your hair, he inhaled that sweet scent he'd been missing all day.

"I'm sorry." His words were muffled by your head, and you gave him a squeeze. He set you down and stepped through the frame, shutting the door gently behind you. The second his fingers fell from the door handle you were on him again, breathing in. Your hand grasped for something on his chest and he fished his dog tags from the neckline of his shirt for you to hold.

Your fingers wrapped around them and you sighed, body releasing tension. He smoothed a hand up and down your back. "Shh, just relax. I've got you."

You tentatively leaned your head against his chest. "Do you have to go back soon?"

"No," he murmured, walking you over to the couch and sitting, pulling your legs across his thighs. You nestled under his arm, your cat jumping up on Coriolanus' other side. He lightly stroked Fish's furry head with his free hand.

You didn't ask questions, just cuddled into him and shut your eyes. Here, Coriolanus was able to calm. Hot showers had nothing on having you in his arms, your cat purring against his leg.

Hand finding the back of your head and stroking your hair, he murmured, "I'm sorry, sweetheart. About earlier."

Shaking your head, you reached up to cling to his tags once more. "It isn't your fault. You had no choice."

"I'm sorry for them, then."

"Don't be."

As he looked down at you, his angel amidst the coal dust of this district, he embraced the warmth you bloomed in his chest. You were love and sunshine and all things good, packaged up in the body of a beautiful woman. Coriolanus couldn't fathom what he could have possibly done to be gifted you. He had very little to give you, only what time he could afford and words that were not nearly pretty enough to present you.

Still, you took it all, happy as though it were lined in gold.

You lifted your sleepy eyes to him and he nearly melted. "You came to see if I was alright."

"Yeah." Coriolanus let his chin rest atop your head, watching the glow of the single candle. It was a comforting thing in the quiet darkness of your home.

A slow, tired smile spread across your face. Coriolanus leaned down and kissed your nose, pressing his forehead to yours. "I want you to be safe, sweetheart."

"I know," you mumbled, shifting against him and yawning. "I...I won't do...that...anymore."

He could feel you drifting off, and so he let you, deciding to save whatever else he'd wanted to say for later. You were safe and he was here to protect you. That was all that mattered.

Coriolanus pressed his lips to your forehead. "I love you." He'd scrap his former plans for tomorrow and spend the day with you, pretending he never had to go. Whatever you wanted; a walk through the forest, a trip to town, a lazy day here...he'd do it. But for now he'd wait until you fell asleep and then carry you to bed. Imagine his ring was around your finger, that he'd always be able to wake up with you like this.

You curled your fingers around his shirt, your final sweet words before you drifted into the ocean of sleep ones that lingered long after they were uttered.

"I love you too."

[mogadichu]

SOAST DRAFT TWO CHAPTER TWO

The Monastery of Kelsh stood at the heart of the green island, rich burgundy wood carved in patterns of leaping carp and blooming water lilies swept up in lapping waves. A gleaming gold sun stood at each curved tip of the green tiled roof. The inside was paneled with dark wood, the walls varnished with oil murals of sailing ships and groves of cherry trees. The floors were inlaid with shining squares of gold and turquoise stone. Sahn’s footsteps echoed as he weaved through the maze of the corridors, pausing at the cavernous scriptorium, where graying monks copied sacred texts by the light of an arsenal of candles and lanterns, their necks growing forward instead of upward. Tentatively, Sahn peered over one of their humped shoulders. With steel fingers, they painted a map of Kelsh along the thick beige paper.

Kelsh and only Kelsh.

“Did she fix them, Ue?” Kale poked his head out of the library’s threshold, hearing Sahn’s footsteps echo throughout the stone corridor. He reeked of sweat and grass, his clothes stained from his morning work in the fields. Sahn grinned, holding up the mended scrolls. Kale huffed in relief. “Thank the Baltha and all who came before.” Sahn followed his father back into the room, barely wide enough for a grown man to lay down in. The walls were lined with octagonal shelves stuffed to the brim with scrolls, each covered in a fine layer of dust, from the molded wood floor to the timbered ceiling, skewed slightly like a lopsided honeycomb. This held all of Kelsh’s knowledge. This was all they knew of the world, and Sahn and Kale knew every one forward, backward, and sideways.

The monastery was meant to be a beacon of knowledge, a scholar’s jewel, a place for every Kelshin, no matter their station. Most of the population being illiterate was either an unfortunate accident or a cruel twist of fate.

The monastery may have been a marvel to behold, but the scrolls remained unread, the gleaming stone never grew faded from the feet of a curious reader. All but few of the people of Katha ate and slept and plowed from the cradle to the grave without ever learning their letters. “I’ve got no time for letters,” Old Og, a rice farmer with thin arms and a pot belly, grunted when Sahn had asked about it. “I wake up in the morning, I plow, I muck, I seed, and I go home and sleep. Besides, knowing your letters doesn’t make you smart.”

“But my ma and da know their letters,” Sahn had protested, “and they’re smart.”

Old Og had scoffed. “If your ma were smart, she would have stayed and been obedient, not run off and opened her legs to foreign trash.”

Tongueless monks glided past the door as the two worked, dust swirling around their thick wool robes as they walked. Sahn breathed in the room’s musty scent, wanting more than anything to vanish among the hundreds of scrolls that surrounded him. He trailed a finger across one of the carved wooden covers, nodding in satisfaction when it came back clean. Not a speck of dust would touch these shelves on his watch. He ascended the ladder, sliding the scrolls back into their proper place. The ladder’s bottom step was missing, obliterated from its brave attempt to hold his father’s two meters of muscle. Kale’s massive feet never left the ground again after that day. Instead, he unrolled one of the scrolls, surveying Maudra’s handiwork. “Amazing,” he said. “You can’t even see the tears. How much did you owe her?”

“Nothing.”

“Oh, come on. She always makes people pay. How much?”

“Nothing,” Sahn repeated. “She was… busy.” He went still, the runes on the wall barging back into his thoughts. He repeated them over and over like a catchy song, wondering what they could have meant. “Da, could you pass me a pen and parchment?” He drew the symbols in a straight line, forming a sentence. It was surprisingly maddening. They looked like Old Kelshin, but they didn’t make any sense. Open there a to gate with… with… the final three runes, he had never seen before. “Can you read this?” He passed the parchment to Kale, not needing to look too far down to meet his eyes.

Kale studied the parchment for a long while, saying nothing, his eyebrows, like two mice resting above his eyes, knit together in puzzlement. He stroked his thick shallow beard, his chest rumbling in a low, constant hum. Then, he looked up, smiled, and tossed it back. “Ue, if your making up your own language, again, you should know that I won’t understand it.”

“It’s not a fictional language, Da. It’s Old Kelshin.” Sahn hopped back down to the floor, recounting the incident in the temple. “So, is Sister Maudra going mad, then?” It made far too much sense. The Daughters of the Moon had been fading for years, each one dying off with no heirs brave enough to take their place. Sister Hada was the only one left. Sahn had tried to give her as much company as he could. But the poor woman was still alone in that great empty temple, day in and day out. Moons, Sahn did not even know her age.

“I heard where you were this morning.”

Sahn and Kale both turned to stare at Shay, bent backward slightly from the weight of the crate in her arms, overflowing with jars and packages filled with fresh apothecary herbs. Sahn looked away, rubbing the back of his neck. Kale’s face glowed as red as the clover fermenting in its jar. He rushed to her, seizing the crate. “Let me take that, my love.” Shay’s amber eyes never left Sahn as her arms fell away. Sahn went back to work, suddenly very interested in the alignment of the shelves. Behind him, he heard her footsteps padding closer and closer, until he felt her warmth at his back. “You went to the Daughters’ Temple today,” Shay sighed. “You know how I feel about them.”

“Sister Maudra just mended some scrolls, Ma,” Sahn mumbled.

But there was no fooling Shay Darru. “She’s mad,” she pressed, more forceful than usual. “She’s always been mad. That’s why she’s alone.” Sahn flinched as though she had slapped him. “Of all the people on this island, why do you go to her?”

Sahn said nothing, putting scrolls in the wrong places, then the right, then the wrong again. The first warm day of spring wafted into the open windows of the outside corridor, blocking in the heat like an oven. Specks of dust waltzed about the sunbeams. Sahn wished he could be one of those specks, dancing out into the corridor, into the courtyard, anywhere but here. “First there was the old man in the northern monastery,” Shay went on. “Then, there was that homeless boy. Then, your cousin- oh, your cousin.” He could hear her rubbing her brow. “I just don’t understand-”

“Am I not allowed to talk to anyone, then?” He had not meant to sound churlish, but it came out as such.

“Listen, Sahn. We…” she trailed off. Sahn still did not turn around, but he knew she stood there now, her hands on her hips, her eyes on her feet. His irritation began to melt like ice in the sun. Of course, his mother wanted him to talk to people. She just didn’t want him to talk to Kelshins.

In her eyes, he may as well have been talking to skoiias.

Shay tried again. “There isn’t anything for us here, Sahn. These people won’t… Ever since Jehra…” Her voice fractured. Now she truly could not go on. Sahn faced her then, touching his brow to hers. He breathed deeply, prompting her to do the same, in and out, in and out. The pain, the heaviness in her eyes made her somehow look both too old and too young at the same time.

It was the one story that she could never tell; the story of a girl who ran away from a man who bought her, and returned ten years later with a Vyornish husband, a toddler son, and a pregnant belly. Both she and Kale thought their children did not notice the scornful glares, the pointing fingers, the giggles and smirks. It weighed on them like boulders, their shoulders hunched, dragging them through the mud and muck. The monastery was the only place that gave them work (the pension was barely enough for coal, but it was better than sleeping in a rubbish heap). Kale could help in the fields, but that was expected. The other men could only work for a few hours at a time, but Kale could glean until the sun Tuma made his leap across the sky, pulling the plow himself, leaving the munts to graze happily to the side. Shay sighed heavily, turning her head to rest on the hollow of his shoulder. Sahn wished he could take her pain from her like a dirty cloak and throw it in the river. But all he could do was hold her until, finally, she pulled away, meeting his eyes.

“We’re leaving soon,” she whispered. “Don’t forget that.”

Oh, Ma… Sahn stifled a sigh, forcing a smile to his lips. Shay kissed his temple before trotting off back down the corridor, leaving Sahn to lose himself in the silence.

 “You can’t kiss a goddess, Da.”

     “And why not? You can kiss a ghost.”

     “You cannot.” Sahn’s laugh sputtered into a groan as his stomach twisted again, reprimanding him for leaving it unfed. He hadn’t realized that he had missed both lunch and teatime until the library grew suddenly, immensely hot. He looked up from his scroll to see the sun Tuma searing in through the windows. It mercifully vanished behind the slope of Gleaner’s Hill as Sahn and Kale ascended the zigzagging streets.

     “I’ll show you,” Kale scoffed. “One day, you and I will both climb up to the Baltha itself and-”

     “Kiss a goddess?” Sahn asked, wry.

“Well, now. I didn’t say that. I said-”

But Sahn had already accelerated his pace, hollering toward the glowing windows of their house. “You say you’re going to kiss a goddess, Da? I hope Ma knows.”

“Quiet, you.” Kale slung his gargantuan arm around Sahn’s neck, silencing him with a deep, throaty laugh.

The Darrus’ house stood tall and lopsided, built upward rather than outward, squashed between two squatter buildings like a scroll shoved into a too-small space. The street was bare, everyone else already inside enjoying their dinners. Smells wafted from the string of open windows; fish and rice, wines and sweets and frying bread. But the cloying perfumes of Shay’s apothecary herbs could not be masked. Despite the previous heat of the sun, the evening but with cold, and Sahn craved the delicious warmth that awaited him inside.

“Halt.”

Sahn and Kale stopped short, turning to the threadbare curtain draped limply beneath the front steps. “You are not taking another step,” the voice announced, “until you witness my latest creation.”

The curtain flew open in a flurry of metal shards catching in the dim light. Every inch of Arelya’s cloak was covered in assorted gears and screws shoddily sewn. Some held fast, some dangled precariously from their strings, clattered to the cobbles as she twirled around. The noise was like tinkling bells. “What do you think?” she asked, beaming.

Sahn’s mouth hung open in humoring amazement, but Kale was blunt. “What is it?”

Arelya shrunk a bit. “Well, it’s nothing, really. I just decided to sew everything to my cloak.”

“Why?”

Arelya only sighed. “I’m unappreciated in my talents.” With that, she hopped onto Sahn’s back, her knees pressing into his sides, arms constricting around his thin neck. “Onward, my prized stallion,” she cried. “There is food to be eaten.”

“Ari,” Sahn chuckled through his startled coughs. “Please. If you keep this up, I’ll gain a hump on my back.”            “Good,” said Arelya, planting a hard kiss on his cheek. “It will make it easier to climb. Now, hush. Horses don’t talk.”

Sahn began to walk- hobble, actually- up the steps. “Come on, Da,” he called over his shoulder. “I’m sure Ma didn’t hear your intentions.”

His smile fell immediately at the sight of his father’s face. Kale gaped down the dimly lit street, his face blanching from copper to beige, as the two hulking figures stalked up the hill toward the three. Sahn was suddenly unaware of Ari’s weight sliding down his back. Kale backed away deliberately, placing a steady hand on Sahn’s shoulder. One of the men nodded. He nodded back stiffly, herding Sahn and Ari into the house, leaving the door open behind him.

“Finally,” Shay called from the dining room. “I nearly started without you. Come and eat.”

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The 25 biggest game-day bangers of the decade, ranked

We asked 27 arena and stadium DJs around the country which songs defined the decade.

When you reflect on your favorite sports moments of the decade, your first thought probably isn’t about what song was playing when they happened. After all, “jock jams” (which are a specific ESPN-branded thing, and thus not a wholly effective universal term) are corny and dated, right?

Obviously the answer to that question is subjective, but there are plenty of DJs working overtime to try to get you pumped AND jacked — whether you’re a fan or an athlete yourself. SB Nation polled 27 of them from universities and clubs around the country to try to get a sense of which tracks released from 2010-19 were making the biggest impact in arenas and stadiums. Not the best songs, mind you, but the ones they played the most often.

Some of them were unimpressed by the options. “We have played all these songs a lot of times in the past, but we rarely play any of these in ATL now (they’re all old),” wrote legendary Hawks organist and DJ Sir Foster. “Now we play ‘Hot’ by Young Thug.” It’s tricky for anyone trying to chronicle the genre to pin down one set of criteria for a jock jam: some are upbeat and danceable, or well suited for kids of all ages (think “Jump Around”), and then some that are aggressive and intense and make you want to run headfirst into a brick wall. Plus, there’s just about everything in between — as hip-hop has gotten more laidback, so have the songs deemed pump-up worthy by players and fans. How can you separate the trends from the songs that will still be played in 20 years?

The DJs gave their takes, and with some editorializing (the list does not exactly reflect the poll results, but overall it tracks and aberrations are noted) SB Nation has narrowed down the field to 25 essentials.

25. “Timber” by Pitbull featuring Ke$ha (2013)

Pitbull singing about do-si-dos is an admittedly odd formula for a pop song, but it worked — and teams latched on to the upbeat pace and promises that lay in “It’s going down” (“it” being, probably, a victory).

24. “Big Rings” by Drake and Future (2015)

What A Time To Be Alive, the messy, bombastic joint mixtape that Drake and Future released in 2015, was essentially designed as a sports soundtrack. It’s not making a dent on any critics’ end-of-decade lists, but the message — “I got a really big team, they need some really big rings” — endures, as does the hard-edged, shimmering beat, perfectly suited for highlight reels of more literal ring-chasers.

23. “Hard In Da Paint” by Waka Flocka Flame (2010)

It might seem overly literal, but just listen to the first 30 seconds of “Hard In Da Paint” and try to do anything but go ... well, hard in the paint. Lex Luger has a doctorate in turning orchestral might into unfriendly, relentless and yet entirely undeniable beats; Flocka balances the impulse to yell over the beat’s perfect chaos with swaggy nonchalance. Who would ever want to hear anything else as they walk on the court?

22. “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)” by Silentó (2015)

The viral dance craze was an integral part of arena and stadium soundtracks in the 2010s, and Silentó created something of the viral dance crazy with “Watch Me” — simultaneously, he created fodder for in-game fan participation for years to come. (I am intentionally ignoring Katy Perry’s “Swish Swish” in hopes that it goes away.)

21. “Work (Remix)” by A$AP Ferg (2013)

This is the rare tune that is as serviceable as a turn-up anthem as it is a pregame pump-up jam (or fodder for postgame celebration). Its central theme — the titular “work” — is obviously relevant to sports, especially when delivered in Ferg’s trademark growl. But it’s more about getting hyped up in the grand scheme than keeping one’s nose to the grindstone, the perfect reminder to athletes that this is supposed to be fun. Plus they’re playing basketball in the video ...

20. “Can’t Stop The Feeling” by Justin Timberlake (2016)/”Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars (2014)

Both of these songs exist in the jock jams twilight zone: they’re upbeat and inoffensive enough to get regular spins inside arenas and stadiums, but don’t exactly convey beatdown-level intensity or walking-out-to-the-hardwood swagger. Also, they are functionally the same (and not particularly memorable as a result).

19. “We Dem Boyz” by Wiz Khalifa (2014)

“I like ‘We Dem Boyz’ as the first single because of the energy,” Khalifa told Billboard in 2014. “It reaches so many audiences other than just a rap audience. It’s kind of like how ‘Black and Yellow’ was — a big sports song to get everybody riled. It’s more of an anthem.” “Black and Yellow,” of course, is the Pittsburgh native’s Steelers-themed hit; with “Dem Boyz,” Khalifa found a team-agnostic expression of the same sentiment. “Hold up, we dem boyz/hold up, we makin’ noise” — if you read “boyz” as not being gender-specific (it is 2019 after all), it’s about as universal a sports fan sentiment as exists.

18. “Jumpman” by Drake and Future (2015)

Essentially a lesser “March Madness” knock-off, the undeniably sporty WATTBA track nevertheless endures in arenas and basketball mixtapes everywhere.

17. “March Madness” by Future (2015)

Built atop one of the single best beats of the decade, “March Madness” doesn’t really feel like a typical jock jam — but that’s what makes it so special. The practically baroque combination of strings and keyboards is propulsive and fresh, and Future drops the requisite sports references to pay off the title (“We’re ballin’ like March Madness”/“Livin’ lavish, like I’m playing for the Mavericks”). “On behalf of the Dallas Mavericks, I would just like to thank Future so much for the mention in ‘March Madness,’” says the Mavericks’ DJ Poison Ivy. “I know not too many things rhyme with Mavericks!”

16. “Let’s Go” by Calvin Harris featuring Ne-Yo (2012)

“Let’s go, make no excuses now” — OK, we get it, this song was built to be played on the treadmill. Amongst the pinnacles of the EDM-fueled pregame pump-up genre, “Let’s Go” is aggressively generic in ways that are pitch-perfect for the purposes of sports and exercising. As such, it still gets played a lot — after all, who among us can resist a good drop?

15. “Can’t Hold Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton (2011)

Do I want this to be on the list? Not particularly. But the DJs have spoken (12 of them) and so I begrudgingly acknowledge Macklemore’s early-decade pop-rap dominance. People still play this song frequently, and though I understand why in theory, I still can’t in good conscience support it. Are we sure we can’t listen to Waka Flocka instead?

14. “Going Bad” by Meek Mill featuring Drake (2018)

I mean, the album is called Championships — though in Meek’s case, it was more about his long-overdue release from prison than a title (even though the Eagles had chosen his music as their official soundtrack en route to winning the Super Bowl). There’s a bit of recency bias with this one, but the irresistible beat and (again) requisite sports references (shout out to Seattle’s own Jason Terry) make it seem like it will last in arenas even once the sheen wears off. “There was a Lakers game the day or two after Meek Mill released the Championships album, and it was such a moment that I played at least three songs from the album during warmups,” says the Lakers’ DJ Roueche. “‘Going Bad’ is still, and probably always will be, in heavy rotation in my DJ sets.”

13. “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (2011)

Any song that features someone named GoonRock demands a certain degree of respect, just for its sheer audacity. In this case, Mr. Rock helped produce one of the most enduring artifacts of the EDM era — a song that only those with truly blackened hearts would profess not to find at least a little tiny bit festive. It’s a “Sandstorm” for the next generation, absurd and corny and yet extremely hard to ignore.

12. “Mo Bamba” by Sheck Wes (2017)

A song about a top-tier — but not ubiquitous — NBA Draft pick that is more than a little rough around the edges might not be the most obvious choice for one of the decade’s top jock jams. But the doomy track has become a cathartic favorite in locker rooms and on fields alike — its mosh-pit vibes make it good for celebratory thrashing. “I’ll never forget the first time I played ‘Mo Bamba’ at a Steelers game,” says DJ Digital Dave, who DJs for the Steelers as well as Pitt football and basketball games. “I approached my producer the week before the 2018 Patriots game and said ‘I know this song will probably sound awful to you but it’s huge right now.’ He gave me the green light, and we played it as our defense walked onto the field to shut down Tom Brady’s final drive of the game. The stadium just erupted.”

11. “HUMBLE.” by Kendrick Lamar (2017)

Being humble is a classic sports cliche — demanding the same of your opponents, not so much. But that’s one of the reasons this variation on a classic theme works, as is its 2K-ready beat. Kendrick doesn’t really do arena-sized as a rule, so it seems like sports DJs tend to grade his music on a curve as far as its in-game usefulness given his massive popularity.

10. “Levels” by Avicii (2011)

When you have one song to get an entire stadium on its feet, it’s hard to to imagine a better pick than “Levels.” Arguably the biggest hits of the EDM era, it’s straightforward and to the point: move your person. Handclaps, synths, an Etta James sample and (obviously) a litany of drops make it perfect for pushing people to the next level (get it!?) of playing or cheering or celebrating or whatever it is they’re doing. “The EDM bubble of the early to mid 2010’s was the closest thing to commercial Jocks Jams in the past 20 years,” says Andrew Rivas, DJ for the San Jose Sharks. “‘Levels’ is this decade’s ‘Get Ready For This.’” RIP Tim Bergling.

9. “All The Way Up” by Fat Joe and Remy Ma featuring French Montana and InfaRed (2016)

The Remy Ma freedom tour was a great moment for popular rap, mostly thanks to this track — the ultimate soundtrack to any dunk. New York is back baby! (Kidding, kidding ...) Centering a slick sax hook and an easily sung hook, the song was more or less money in the bank.

8. “Win” by Jay Rock (2018)

This is the rare jock jam that should get played more than it is: aesthetically, the prepares-you-to-run-through-a-wall quotient is through the roof (pun intended), and thematically it’s centered on winning which is ... fairly central to sports. Whether you’re struggling to get off your couch or getting ready for the game of your life, this song feels pitch-perfect.

7. “Boneless” by Steve Aoki, Chris Lake and Tujamo (2013)

Not the kind of song you’ve probably sought out for casual listening, but perhaps one that makes it onto your gym playlist if you’re very hardcore. It has become an in-game go-to, though, with its pump-it-up ready synth riff and background “hey-hey-heys” well-suited to getting the people going, to paraphrase Blades Of Glory. (Oh, hey, sports again!) It’s also relatively big in gymnastics, apparently:

6. “SICKO MODE” by Travis Scott featuring Drake (2018)

Here is where the “rap that people like” and “jock jam” categories truly get blurred: “SICKO MODE” was mostly just a massive song, without many specific characteristics that make it uniquely suited to soundtracking sporting events. BUT it was one of the most popular tracks among our DJs, and is more or less inescapable among athletes — so who’s to say taking half the recommended dose of a prescription medication isn’t motivational? Also there’s the pick and roll line, and the Liz Cambage reference (!)...

5. “Dreams & Nightmares (Intro)” by Meek Mill (2012)

Calling an audible on this one: it was not among the top picks by our DJs (a paltry six votes), but there is no way to listen to this song without feeling ready to hit something or run really fast or just yell. Not since the “Rocky” theme has Philly spawned such a transcendent us-against-the-world anthem — and better yet, the song itself is an underdog. It wasn’t a single, and it doesn’t sound like one. But the number of people — Meek Mill fans and otherwise — who know every word to the emotional, vivid, often tragic song speaks to its impact. “I had to grind like that to shine like this” is the ethos of just about every athlete from high school to the pros (much like “It was time to marry the game and I said, “Yeah, I do”). Then, the beat drops — it’s Meek in all his yelling glory, personally goading you to get on his level.

It’s no wonder that the Eagles adopted it as their own during their Super Bowl run, as have athletes of all stripes. “Meek Mill’s ‘Dreams & Nightmares’ will always remind me of the Mystics’ championship run,” says DJ Heat, who spins for the Mystics and the Wizards. “Natasha Cloud wanted to hear it every game. There were times where she sent one of the ball girls up to me to let me know to play it while the team was warming up — and of course I played it while the team was celebrating their championship win on the court.”

4. “POWER” by Kanye West (2012)

It’s become increasingly easy to forget that there was a point at which Kanye had hits — but he did, obviously, and “POWER” is is one product of what might in retrospect be seen as his zenith (though I’m a Yeezus girl myself — “Black Skinhead,” or at least the beat, is also still in heavy rotation). There’s something about leaving a little space at the beginning of a song that just builds anticipation — who has ever heard more than the first 30 seconds of “Crazy Train” at a sporting event? — and the intro to “POWER” follows this rule to a T. After the first 30 seconds it loses much of its heft, but does that even matter when you start that strong?

3. “24K Magic” by Bruno Mars (2016)

This falls into the “family-friendly dance music” category of in-game songs. Is it getting anyone particularly pumped? Probably not, but it’s also not not getting them pumped. If anything, the endurance of this particular track on in-game playlists (it got the highest number of votes) speaks to its overall impact — you’re as likely to hear it at a wedding, which can’t necessarily be said for most of the songs on this list. Also trophies and rings are often gold, so that is something!

2. “All I Do Is Win” - DJ Khaled featuring T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg and Rick Ross (2010)

Did you just win? Better yet, is your team undefeated? More trivially, did your team just win a challenge? Boom, DJ Khaled has a song for you. What for some of us might be indelibly linked to tragic college parties has become a stadium staple for obvious reasons: who among us does not want to exclusively win? It’s a holdover from the gaudy, gloriously Autotuned rap of the late aughts and early 2010s, built for sports primarily by T-Pain and his remarkable gift for hooks. There’s prompts for audience participation, Snoop repping the U — basically if Shakira and J.Lo don’t bring the whole crew out for halftime, it will be a serious lost opportunity to rep Florida.

1. “Turn Down For What” by DJ Snake and Lil Jon (2013)

It’s the pinnacle of pump-up music in the 2010s: EDM and party rap, combined. You just cannot listen to this song without losing your mind — it’s science. The build, the Lil Jon, the drops. So many drops. Mechanized handclaps, distorted hooks, the “ays,” and still more drops. Under “getting hype” in the dictionary (work with me here), there’s a copy of this song. I’m sure that the New York Seahawks bar is one of about five zillion places that played this song after every touchdown, and somehow the impact of all those drops never dulled. Look at how excited these figure skating fans are. “‘Turn Down For What’ is so perfect for arena use that it’s almost too easy,” says Grubes, DJ for the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. “When deployed at the proper moment (typically after a scoring run that puts the game away), it has never failed to get everyone going nuts!”

Editor’s pick:

“Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh)” by Rich Homie Quan

Flexing is a thing athletes do, this song is great, and as a bonus I heard it once at Seahawks training camp right before I interviewed Christine Michael — it was a very special moment.

Many thanks to all the DJs who participated:

Andrew Rivas (@andrewrivasdj): San Jose Sharks, US Open, Santa Cruz Warriors, San Jose Barracuda

Ben Bruud (@benbruud): Auburn University football and basketball

DJ Cmix (@DJCmix_): LSU

DJ Digital Dave (@djdigitaldave1): Pittsburgh Steelers, Pitt Panthers football and basketball

DJ Dior (@_djdior): George Washington University basketball (men’s and women’s)

DJ EJ (@itsDJEJ): Dallas Cowboys, among others

DJ Flipside (djflipside33): Chicago Bulls

DJ Heat (@djheatdc): Washington Mystics and Washington Wizards

DJ Hek Yeh (@DJHekYeh): Wake Forest University football and basketball

DJ Kay Cali (@DJKayCali): Austin Spurs

DJ Mad Mardigan (@DJMadMardigan): Timberwolves, Lynx, Vikings, United, Gophers

DJ Mel (@djmel): University of Texas football and men’s basketball

DJ Poizon Ivy (@poizonivythedj): Dallas Mavericks

DJ Premonition (Djpremonition): Washington Redskins

DJ Questionmark (Djquestionmark1): University of North Texas Athletics

DJ Roueche (DJRoueche): Los Angeles Lakers and AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour

DJ SupaSam (@djsupasam): Seattle Seahawks, UW Huskies football

DJ Triple T (@theDJtripleT): Denver Broncos and Colorado Avalanche

DJ Yoshi (djyoshi): B1G Ten Football

DJ Zimbo (@zimbothedj): Colorado State University, Air Force Academy, University of Wyoming athletics

DJay Jung (@_djayjung_): Brooklyn Nets

DJSC (@DJSCMUSIC): Dallas Cowboys and Pro Football Hall of Fame

DJ Dudley D (@nomusicnoparty): Minnesota Timberwolves, Lynx, Gophers men’s basketball, and United FC

GLOtron (@theglotron): Mississippi State men’s and women’s basketball

Grubes (@tweetgrubes): Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers

PJ Krolak (DJPJ) (@pjkrolak5): Toledo Mud Hens, Toledo Walleye, University of Toledo

Sir Foster (@sirfoster): Atlanta Hawks and Georgia Bulldogs

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Brighter hope for the Cordillera Watersheds

Published by Baguio Herald Express on July 18, 2018

BAGUIO CITY – It is believed that Indigenous Peoples have a spiritual connection to watersheds because ritual places are often in the headwaters. Some community stories narrate that sometime ago, children died of diarrhea because of flooding after logging, and communities attributed it to angering the spirits because trees were cut.

With the cordillerans’ close relationship with our nature and watersheds, it is not surprising that there unique indigenous practices in agriculture that are being employed by IPs in the Cordilleras. One example of it is Ifugao’s muyong or pinugo. From the muyong, the family or clan gets fuel, housing lumber, and nowadays, income The Ifugaos also claim the muyong is the best preventive measure against soil erosion. The muyong looks like a wild forest to the eye, but it is actually a well-managed resource.

According to one research, the size of a muyong ranges from a few hundred square meters to around five hectares. The size as well as its quality varies, depending on the size of the rice terrace or pond field of its owners. It is most often an area that used to be a farm, where the Ifugaos allow trees and other plant species to regenerate themselves. Afterwards, the area is cleared of weeds and other undesirable plant species that hamper the growth of the more important plant and tree varieties.

However, not anyone is allowed to enter a muyong.  The customary laws of the Ifugao open the cultivation of the muyong to clan members only owned, and only members of the said clan can access the resources from the muyong. Oftentimes, non-members of the clan are allowed to cut only branches of trees. But during times of need, like the death of a member of the village, access to lumber that is to be used to make the coffin of the deceased is granted.

While there are plenty of indigenous practices in the field of agriculture, the continuation of these practices is being challenged by the threat of deforestation. Forest Degradation in many parts of the world continues at a high pace, as a result of agricultural conversion, mining, and sometimes infrastructure development. These activities lead to pollution, water shortages, gradual loss of biodiversity, and environmental conflicts which pose threat to the capability of our forest landscapes to provide environmental goods and services that cater to basic human needs such as food security.

The 1.81 million-hectare Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) acts as the watershed cradle of the entire northern Luzon. Serving as a home for numerous Indigenous Peoples, there is a need to respond to the environmental problems the region faces because the protection of the forests and watersheds are integral to the welfare and the culture of the communities residing in it.

Aside from contributing resources such as timber and minor forest products to the wood-based industries, more importantly, the watersheds play important role to our Indigenous communities, making them more susceptible and exposed to the dangers that can be brought by the degradation of environmental resources.

Affected in the problem of our watershed are the agricultural practices, thus the practice of various communities of indigenous practices in sustainable farming. According to the Center for Development Programs in the Cordillera (CDPC), there has already been initiatives that have been launched to support indigenous practices of our farmers in their agriculture, such as distribution of indigenous seeds, introduction of technologies that are appropriate for their situation, and their initiative for System for Rice Intensification (SRI) that educates farmers on how they would manage their seeds, soil, pests, and water. However, they emphasized that the entire agricultural livelihood needs the protection of the entire watershed of the Cordilleras.

As a manifestation of indigenous creativity in agriculture, a group of farmers termed a technology which they use in plowing their lands as “kuliglette” or a mini kuliglig which they use in their farming practice, a version of micro tiller which is more appropriate in terrace farming.

On the other hand, the local government offices have also not lacked in proposing various initiatives, campaigns and programs that they deem as a response to the entire environmental situation of the region.

In 2017 State of the Region report of Mayor Mauricio Domogan, he highlighted that  there are 174,056 hectares of reforested areas in the region., showing proof that the reforestation activities led by the government has resulted to an increase in the forest cover in CAR.

Despite these current moves, Rhoda Dalang of CDPC, said that there is a great need to consider the Indigenous Peoples in every step of the way that are being taken by the government and various groups in their attempt to solve the problems in our watershed. This is because that some of the introduced greening projects such as the introduction of foreign seedlings, and even introduction of modern renewable energy systems, are not exactly appropriate to the situation of the Indigenous peoples in a specific area. Not only does these cause problems in the water sources for their farms, but sometimes causes displacement of indigenous peoples from their “Ilis” as well.

Dalang said that the Natural resource management of indigenous communities are based from the “Ili” or the Ancestral domains, as termed by the Indigenous Peoples Right Act (IPRA).  The communities within the Ili share the responsibility and burden to take care of the water system, because water sources play detrimental roles in their agricultural practices.

“It is in the Ili where we fight for our right to self-determination in protection, access, and control of our natural resources which is tied to our survival. Anything that will affect that, will also affect our survival, but all the more, it will affect the management, conservation, and protection of our natural resources.” she said.

On the other hand, the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) stated that the vanishing forest cover in the Cordillera should also be seen historically. According to a statement they released before, this environmental problem did not happen overnight because in Benguet alone, corporate mining has denuded forests in Itogon; Baguio, Tuba and Tublay.

Last April 2018, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Director Ralph Pablo noted that their action points for forest and watershed management and protection include the continuation of the enhanced national greening program, forest management program and the integrated natural resources and environmental management program.

Also, heeding the concerns of Indigenous groups, the DENR started an initiative that would hopefully resolve the issues of Indigenous Peoples with the currently developed greening projects—the Sustainable Traditional Indigenous Forest Management System and Practices (STIFMSP).

The STIFMSP aims to record the indigenous practices of every group, and will be eventually recognized so that the IPs will eventually be managing their own forests in their own indigenous methods. The process, however, includes the Municipalities’ recognition of these practices first, along with land area’s Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT).

According to Dancio P. Martinez, Chief, PAFCS, Forester III, this will be better because this will give authority to the Indigenous groups to take care and administer of the environment. However he emphasized that there is still a possibility that these areas would be abused, thus the need for DENR’s supervision of the areas.

The said program will document the indigenous practices of groups, and will draft appropriate measures and punishments to those will do things that are beyond the documented practices, however, the forester doubt that these indigenous peoples will break their own rules and destroy the watersheds they manage.

Although this has started to be developed in 2008, there are only four recognized places with STIFMSP practices today, namely Tadian, Sagada, Besao,and Asipulo, and they’re still convincing other municipalities to start documenting their indigenous practices. However, Martinez explained that this number is due to the tedious process before the indigenous practices of a place is recognized.

“Ang kailangan nating tutukan ay ang ating mga stakeholders, ang mga IPs. Let’s give them livelihood, mai-employ natin sila into agriculture para ma-encourage sila. Kasi sa huli tayo at kasama sila rin ang maka-kawawa pag di natin naalagan ang watersheds natin” he said.

Advocating for the restoration of our environmental resources is one; keeping in mind the welfare of our Indigenous peoples is another. If there are people who are being greatly affected by the degradation of our environment, it would be the local indigenous communities. How can the rich agriculture traditions of the Cordillera such as the muyong develop and prosper when there’s no more space for trees to be planted? How can our farmers continue to develop technologies like the ‘kuliglette’ if here will be no more land to till for their crops?

Hopefully the STIFMSP not only serves as a compromise, but rather serves as a measure that will connect the plight of the Indigenous Peoples to the goal of restoring the watershed of the Cordillera. Its implementation and genuine acknowledgement of Indigenous practices and methods in agriculture will bring the Indigenous people into a situation where in they will not be deemed as people who abuse environmental resources, but rather people who help in nurturing the richness of the Cordillera region.

“May pag-asa.”

This was how Forester Martinez described what is in store for the Cordillera watershed. With the government’s conduct of projects that would help the Cordillera restore its watersheds, while at the same time recognizing the essential role of the Indigenous Peoples in our region and keeping their welfare in mind, for sure there is hope in the Cordillera and its environmental resources.

By JAPHETH G. TOBIAS

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CARL’S BLOG: MAMIE, AN OZARK MOUNTAIN GIRL OF COURAGE 8-11-20, Edward and Mamie purchase the S. E. and Fannie Crockett farm in Higden, Arkansas On November 6, 1943, Edward and Mamie purchased a 102-acre farm from S. E. and Fannie Crockett of Higden, Arkansas.  Edward bought the Crockett place for one $1000.00.   He paid $200.00 in cash and signed an agreement to pay the Crockett’s $100.00 a year plus ten percent interest until the note was paid in full.   He quit his job at Dudeck’s Sawmill to harvest the timber from their new place.  The property had pine and hardwood, more than enough to pay the remainder of the bank note at the Cleburne County Bank.  For some reason Harvey was not called back by the draft board until January 1944.  During the months of November and December, he, Imogene, Buddy Totten, and Mamie were able to help Edward harvest the logs.  The logs brought a good price, and Edward was able to pay off both the Crockett and the Ike Carr bank notes.  Although, Italy had surrendered to the Allied forces, Germany and Japan were still going strong.  On December 15, 1943, a letter from Chester arrived.  He was in Belgium. He wrote:   Dear Folks, I am writing to let you know I am doing okay.  I have been in France, and now I’m in Belgium.  I hear we are going to Germany soon.  Everyone says we are winning this war.  They say that Hitler is losing ground, and it is just a matter of time before he will surrender.  How are things back home?  Has Harvey been called up yet?  Dad, have you got them logs cut and hauled to the sawmill?  I wish I could be there to help you.  You know I would if I could.  Ma, I have been praying like you told me to. In ten days, it will be Christmas.  This will be the first Christmas we will be apart.  I wish you all a Merry Christmas.  Ma, I will miss your sweet potato pie.  I wish I had some right now.  As you know, I am not much on writing, so tell my brothers and sisters hello for me, and I will write again when we get to Germany. Your son, with love, Chester Barger     Mamie folded the letter and placed it in the kitchen cabinet.   She built a fire in the cook stove and started cooking dinner.  All the time tears were rolling down her checks.  On January 16th, 1944, Harvey was called up for another examination.  This time he passed and received orders to report to Little Rock on January 29th.     On January 18, 1944, Samuel Elias Totten died of pneumonia.  A great part of Mamie’s heart went with him.  The family buried him at the Davies Special Cemetery in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas.  The cemetery lay across the road from the little white church house which Samuel had built.  The same little white church is now protected by the Arkansas Historical Department.  A picture of the church is in the Fairfield Bay Museum, near the Indian Rock House.   A caption beneath the picture gives Samuel Elias Totten credit for building the church house.  For weeks Mamie struggled with the death of her father.  She and her father had a special bond.  They had done so many things together when she was growing up.  She was the boy he had dreamed of.  After Samuel’s death, Nancy, Lorene, and Bud switched back and forth staying with Martha’s and Mamie’s families.  The children enjoyed having their grandmother around.  She let them do things their parents would not allow.

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Patriots Week Ahead: Pats Need to Improve More Than Communication to Fix Defensive Woes

Through the first four games of the season, the New England Patriots offense has scored a total of 129 points. Rob Gronkowski, Danny Amendola, Chris Hogan and newcomer Brandin Cooks have hauled in some dramatic and game-altering catches. At age 40, Tom Brady is still the best quarterback in football. Through four games, his passer rating is 116.6. On third down, (which has historically been a challenge for the Patriots,) he is having one of his best statistical seasons ever. Brady is 27-39; throwing for 353 yards and 4 touchdowns, en route to a 131.7 passer rating.

Therefore, it can be assumed that the Pats are 4-0 and steamrolling towards a perfect 19-0 season, correct?

Not so fast…

While reports of the Patriots demise will be greatly exaggerated over the next few days, the reality is that they currently sit at 2-2. They are currently tied with the New York Jets for second place in the division. They are looking up at the first place Buffalo Bills, who are sporting a record of 3-1; including impressive wins over the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons.

Thus, Patriots fans everywhere are left to ponder the question…how did this happen?

Winning is a team effort, and one would be remiss not to admit that the Patriots have left some offensive points on the board. However, the offense has played well-enough, in all four games, to earn a victory. The defense, on the other hand, certainly has not.

Head coach Bill Belichick, defensive coordinator Matt Patricia and rest of the coaching staff, head into the season’s quarter pole in search of answers to an unfamiliar question. How have the Patriots produced the statistically-worst defense in the National Football League?

So far, the Pats have given up an average of 32 points per game and 456.8 yards per game. This amounts to 7.2 yards per play, or in layman’s terms, a first down every other play. Fans and media alike have used the term ‘miscommunication’ to describe this turn of events. However, it takes a lot more than a lack of communication to yield the type of defense, such as the one that the Pats consistently have for the season’s first four weeks.

It’s a given that poor communication will lead to the types of broken coverage that we have seen lately. However, it has been painfully obvious that the Patriots secondary has looked poorly prepared, confused, and even lost, at times. In fact, communication has sometimes looked like the least of their problems. And, it has led to the defense surrendering some big plays for big yardage and a mountain of points allowed.

In short, their opponents have found that scoring on the Patriots has been an easy thing to do. The Pats have surrendered a total of 128 points in four games. The Chiefs, Saints, Texans and Panthers have averaged a 69.7 percent completion rate, as well as a 43.5 percent conversion rate on third down against the Patriots. Even for a defense that often embodies the mantra ‘bend but don’t break,’ those are alarming statistics. In his post game press conference, Belichick reiterated the sentiment, “we just have to be better.” That is definitely an understatement.

Blame it on the new guy?

Cornerback Stephon Gilmore signed a $65 million contract with the Patriots this past offseason. Frankly, a big payday like that leads to big expectations. Although his time here has been brief, Gilmore has yet to fulfill his end of his $13 million yearly salary. On Sunday, against the Carolina Panthers, Gilmore was to be covering both Fozzy Whittaker and Devin Funchess, when each man was left wide open for a touchdown reception. Adding further damage to his cause, Gilmore was called for two illegal hands-to-the-face penalties. One of those penalties negated a third-down sack on the Panthers’ game-winning drive. That would-be defensive stop could have handed the ball back to a red-hot Tom Brady and the Patriots offense. Based on the collective evidence, it seems to be easy to point the accusatory finger at the new ingredient.

Sep 24, 2017; Foxborough, MA, USA; New England Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore (24) is tackled by Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (10) and offensive guard Greg Mancz (65) after an interception during the first half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports

How about the rest of the guys???

Despite the negative press he has received as of late, Gilmore is far from the only problem that the Pats have on defense. The remainder of the secondary has been a shell of its former self. Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung, two of the league’s most reliable defenders in 2016, have often been out of position and frequently beaten in coverage, this year. In addition, Gilmore’s counterpart, Malcolm Butler, has already been benched earlier in the season for poor effort and play. The one time Super Bowl hero and Pro-Bowler has a wealth of talent. However, much like the defense as a whole, he has yet to showcase that talent in one complete game, from beginning to end. Bluntly put, a quarter of the season is now over…and the Patriots need one hundred percent of Malcom Butler each and every game.

The Patriots defensive problems, however, do not end with the secondary. The Pats front seven, particularly the pass rush, has not been able to put consistent pressure on the quarterback. Their pass rush tandem of Trey Flowers and Deatrich Wise have begun to emerge, but their contributions have been sporadic. In order for the secondary to find a rhythm, the defensive ends (and even the linebackers) need to put pressure on the quarterback. The return of Dont’a Hightower should continue to help, as he has been known to be the Patriots defensive director on the field. However, a greater effort from every defender is sorely needed. Coaching and direction may put the plan in place, but the players ultimately have to make the plays. Until now, they haven’t done that.

To their credit, the players know the severity of the task that lies ahead. This team is truly unafraid of hard work. They will certainly work hard for these next few days as they prepare for their Thursday night showdown with Tampa Bay. After Sunday’s game, Malcolm Butler offered the following opinion of his and the team’s effort: “Basically everybody’s not on the same page. There needs to be a sense of urgency right now because a quarter of the season is gone away already. It’s time to pick it up.’’

Malcolm Butler (21); photo cred (NBC Sports)

Safety Duron Harmon echoed his teammate’s sentiments by saying: “Obviously what we’re doing is not good enough so we need to go take a look in the mirror tonight and just look and realize are we doing enough to win? Are we doing enough to be good on defense? Are we doing enough to be a sound football team?”

One can only hope that the Patriots’ soul-searching will lead to a stronger showing on Thursday.

The Bucs are up next…‘Shiver Me Timbers’

As if a short turn-around was not a daunting enough task, the Patriots next opponent provides an equally tough test in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs collection of offensive skill players is quite impressive. Quarterback Jameis Winston, the first overall selection in the 2015 NFL Draft, has certainly provided the Bucs with the franchise signal caller, for which they had hoped. In order to complement Winston’s talents this season, the Bucs have tried to surround Winston with diverse receiving options and more speed. They added DeSean Jackson (a three-time Pro Bowler) and third-round draft choice Chris Godwin at wide receiver, as well as first-round selection O.J. Howard at tight end. They still have Pro Bowl wide receiver Mike Evans, tight end Cameron Brate, and reliable slot receiver Adam Humphries. These were the Bucs top three receivers in 2016. Tampa Bay will also regain the services of running back, Doug Martin, who will be active after serving a three-game NFL suspension. The potency of the Bucs offense, coupled with the severe struggles of the Patriots defense, seems to be a disastrous recipe for the Patriots. Thursday night will provide the Patriots with yet another tough test, so soon after Sunday’s bitter loss to Carolina.

Will it be ‘Déjà vu All Over Again?’

With only a short time to ‘repair and prepare,’ the Pats look like they might be headed for a tough night in Tampa. However, it is important to remember this this is a veteran team, led by a coaching staff that is better at making adjustments than anyone else in the league. Every time it seems like the Patriots are doomed, they rebound and are usually the ones standing at the end. If that isn’t enough, their quarterback continues to play at an unprecedented level, and is more than capable of leading his team to victory on offense. On the other side of the football, the prognosticators (myself included) can speculate for days about what is wrong with the Patriots defense. However, those who know best are the ones inside their own locker room. The coaches and players have to communicate better. They have to prepare better. And…above all…they have to execute better. It’s a short week, and the season is getting shorter with each passing game. In recent memory, no one has been better than the Patriots at turning seemingly insurmountable obstacles into victory.

Time is of the essence…

It’s time to do it again!

-Mike D’Abate is the Managing Editor for cover32.com/Chargers and covers the Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots. He is also a National Content Writer for cover32.com. Follow @MG973024 Follow @cover32_LAC

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